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Sound Transit is riding high with incredibly healthy ridership growth for 2016, buoyed in large part to the opening of three new light rail stations in Seattle and one in SeaTac. Annual boardings rose by 8.02 million to 42.73 million, up from 34.71 million...

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It seems like all the media is glued on the presidential election as if there was nothing else to vote for this year. But if choosing President is not your thing, this year there’s plenty more for you to choose from in that special...

We continue our overview of what’s at stake in the big transit ballot initiatives this November with a look at Seattle. The first installment of this series examined Indianapolis.
The transit expansion plan on the ballot in Seattle this November is...

This election has been an exhausting slog, winding down to the final days of anxiety and apocalyptic fears. If I had to judge the current mood of the electorate, I’d say it resembles the look on Harvey Firestein’s face in Independence Day right before...

If Kitsap County’s ballot measure passes, the Rich Passage 1 would begin 28-minute passenger service between Bremerton and Seattle in July 2017. Photo courtesy of the Kitsap Sun.
Five cities are looking to upgrade their street and sidewalk systems,...